Pasty comedian Jim Gaffigan has become such a New Year's tradition in Milwaukee that Point Brewery in Stevens Point bottles a special beer in his honor for the shows - aptly titled "Jim Gaffigan Pale Ale."

This will be the sixth year that Gaffigan, 46, performs at the Pabst Theater around New Year's. Beside the fact that tickets continue to sell well (he's playing three shows from Saturday through Monday this year) there's another important reason why he keeps coming back. | Dec. 25, 2012»Read Full Article

In the opening scene of "Educating Rita," Willy Russell's bittersweet play about a 26-year-old hairdresser trying to start over and the alcoholic literature professor assigned to help her, Rita bounds into Frank's book-lined study for her first lesson.

Her attention is immediately drawn to an ostensibly chaste but erotically charged portrait on the wall, and within the blink of an eye she has offered a bawdy, original and wide-ranging interpretation of how that portrait works. Admitting he hasn't looked at it in years, the best Frank can manage is the bland assessment that it's "beautiful." | Jan. 20, 2013»Read Full Article